Death Race on Location?

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I found a Death Race on location in San Francisco at a waterfront arcade called The Musee Mechanique. http://www.museemechanique.org/ Death Race had horrible game play (and I usually love the B/W games) but the theme was cool.

Other games they had on location included an arcade sized Rock'em Sock'em where the winner gets to continue playing until beaten, a cool hockey game where you only play the goalie, an EM Arm Wrestling machine that is strong enough to warrant a severe warning, and assorted other strength testers.

I also visited the Scandia Family Fun Center which had a few classics (all in conversion cabs but they did have a .vs Super Mario Bros, Altered Beast, and a 48-in-1) as well as many modern games and pins. The only redemption machine of note was a Sea Wolf machine.

http://www.scandiafunland.com/

Both places were great to visit. Virtually all games at the Musee operated on quarters and Scandia used a card but games seemed to cost approximately 10 to 50 cents.
 
I found a Death Race on location in San Francisco at a waterfront arcade called The Musee Mechanique.

Chris and I went there. I loved the Deathrace. Musee Mechanique was sweet. Too bad the Pole Position wasn't set to Twin Galaxies settings. I had to turn my nose up to the place after that.
 
I love that place, been there a few times!

One of the most amazing feats of strength I ever saw... When I was down there two years ago for CAX my buddy Big Mike went with me and we stopped at the Musee Mechanic. I shit talked him into trying the large strength tester they have there. I put a quarter in and he starts going buck nutty on the machine! A crowd starts forming around and there is at least a dozen people standing there watching him ratchet this strength tester up. All of the sudden BOOM! the damn thing snaps on its own and sends the dinger all the way hard into the bell! He overloaded the mechanism and it gave out and released. He got a round of applause and one guy who just stood there with his jaw dropped, said he'd never seen anyone ding the bell in all the years he'd been going down there.

Through the years I've been in a few fights next to Mikey, he's that overweight brute muscle that every 5'7 shrimp needs! :D

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Musee Mechanique is a great place, they got all the old games from the cliff house which was a awesome arcade on a cliff above ocean beach years ago. The owner of the place has been involved with games for ever and is really cool. Last time I was there they had a Moon Patrol, Robotron, Galaxian, couple good pins, addams and Pirates, plus a bunch of other cool stuff. If you never have been there its worth checking out and supporting it for sure, plus the submarine next to it is cool as well.
 
Death Race had horrible game play (and I usually love the B/W games) but the theme was cool.
WTF??? Horrible game play? Death Race? You crazy, man! What didn't appeal if I may ask? And did you play it with 2 players?
 
WTF??? Horrible game play? Death Race? You crazy, man! What didn't appeal if I may ask? And did you play it with 2 players?


I played it one player and two player. It just didn't appeal to me. I am cool with racing games; and the military games, though very simplistic, are cool as well but this one was just boring and redundant.
 
I love that place, been there a few times!

One of the most amazing feats of strength I ever saw... When I was down there two years ago for CAX my buddy Big Mike went with me and we stopped at the Musee Mechanic. I shit talked him into trying the large strength tester they have there. I put a quarter in and he starts going buck nutty on the machine! A crowd starts forming around and there is at least a dozen people standing there watching him ratchet this strength tester up. All of the sudden BOOM! the damn thing snaps on its own and sends the dinger all the way hard into the bell! He overloaded the mechanism and it gave out and released. He got a round of applause and one guy who just stood there with his jaw dropped, said he'd never seen anyone ding the bell in all the years he'd been going down there.

Through the years I've been in a few fights next to Mikey, he's that overweight brute muscle that every 5'7 shrimp needs! :D

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That's interesting, I rang the bell and I hear the bell go off one other time while I was there. I didn't overload the machine, but I was able to ratchet it a few times before it got too tough. It was by far the most difficult strength tester I have ever toyed with...
 
The penny arcade on the pier is the only good arcade in SF, as far as I'm concerned. Place means a lot to me..thats where I'd go to unwind when I lived there :) The sony metreon had some cool games, but I guess the arcade closed down? Or they redid it. Either way, prices were high there.
 
The penny arcade on the pier is the only good arcade in SF, as far as I'm concerned. Place means a lot to me..thats where I'd go to unwind when I lived there :) The sony metreon had some cool games, but I guess the arcade closed down? Or they redid it. Either way, prices were high there.


Metreons arcade closed down and the only thing that they have now that is any good is 4 real nice cond pins, pirates, spiderman, wheel of fortune and a nascar up in the movie theater. Anyone remember/go to Bonkers in downtown or the old arcade in North Beach
 
I played it one player and two player. It just didn't appeal to me. I am cool with racing games; and the military games, though very simplistic, are cool as well but this one was just boring and redundant.
Eh, ok. I can accept that. Personally I think it's really fun and even better 2 player. But if you don't like it, you don't. At least you can say it with authority now. :)
 
Eh, ok. I can accept that. Personally I think it's really fun and even better 2 player. But if you don't like it, you don't. At least you can say it with authority now. :)


Honestly, I thought that I would like the game. I have a strange fascination with the old B/W games. Unfortunately, this one was not as good as I had hoped. At least the pitch and bat was everything I expected...
 
Metreons arcade closed down and the only thing that they have now that is any good is 4 real nice cond pins, pirates, spiderman, wheel of fortune and a nascar up in the movie theater. Anyone remember/go to Bonkers in downtown or the old arcade in North Beach

When was Bonkers up and running? I think I found their old address and attempted to find it, but of course it was no longer there :p
 
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